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In 1717, the notorious piurate Benjamin Hornigold and his crew attacked a merchant ship off the coast of Honduras. With a well terrified merchants begged for their lives of what might to come of them. Hornigold’s crew explained that they had gotten drunk the night before and had thrown their hats into the sea, so they had attacked the merchant ship only to steal the hats of her crew. After they took the merchants’ hats, Hornigold and his crew allowed them to continue with their journey. Some historians believe that this curious endeavor was nothing more than Hornigold’s and Thatch’s wish to display their power.
Doorly’s was once known as Martin Doorly and Co, then later as Doorly Macaw Rum, which became the first bottled rum exported from the Isle of Barbados. The macaw on the label is the Blue Hyacinth Macaw, and represents the old namesake. Now the rum is owned and produced by R.L. Sealy who’s rums ate distilled in the small 6 acre Foursquare Rum Distillery. The bottle gives no age statement as to what’s in the blend. It is aged in American oak barrels for a length of time them selected by taste color and texture to match the profile of the XO, before being matured a second time in Spanish oak
Oloroso sherry casks. The age statement or lack there of only means that the selection isn’t based on time but for what the profile requires. There are speculations on what aged rums are being blended, but with the company not saying what these are it is all conjecture. Doorly’s XO Rum is bottled at 80 proof and has no additives other than the second maturation in the sherry casks. The color, a brownish amber with golden highlights in the glass. The color doesn’t differ much in the bottle but maybe a shade or two. Medium thick legs slowly
caress the inside of the snifter used to review the rum, leaving only small droplets behind. The nose, light and subtle fruity aromas rise in the breeze with accents of vanilla and either toffee or caramel. Honestly I can’t tell the difference right now. It is very balanced and easy on the nose. The taste, Doorly’s XO is pleasantly sweet. It’s not to much but definitely not lacking. Notes of caramel, toffee, and vanilla that carries ripe bananas and citrus fruits including oranges freshly picked of the tree fully ripened in the southern sun. There is a peppery burn that rides to the finish but quickly diminishes. Lorie peeks of cherries and smoky oak pop up here n there just to say hey we are here too. They are the results of the sherry cask finishing. So the drinks portion let me just say over ice or even neat will do. If you have to mix it then use a high end cocktail like a rum Manhattan or old fashioned. An over the top rum will raise up any cocktail to the next level ,but sometimes you just have to make that daiquiri with a High End rum.
times to spend with family, friends and fellow pirates n scallywags. Another review on the morrow shall come to pass, so until then plunder well mates. Stay safe, stay alert, stay alive, and drink responsibly. May your treasures increase and fill the ships hold. Me I’ll take one more, down the hatch.
Being a holiday weekend and having Monday off, I’ll do another review on Rumday eve. So keep yer weathered eye open and make the most of these extra
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Black Pirates of the Golden Age
During the Golden Age of Piracy, the African Slave trade was at its most active, shipping large amounts of African Slaves to the New World. As such, pirates had a measured impact on the Slave Trade and in returned was impacted themselves. Pirates were drawn to plundering slave ships, often referred to as Guineamen, for their sturdy structure and space for cargo and for the fact that these ships would often be varying valuable trade goods (which would be used to trade for slaves). The way pirates treated the slaves themselves, however, depended entirely upon the captain. It has long been a cliche that pirates liberated any slaves they came across. This is not true on the whole, but does have large elements of truth. Again, it was totally up to the captain as to what happened to slaves of captured Guineamen. Most pirates saw slaves as the rest of the world did: valuable commodities to be sold for profit, no different than any of the other goods flowing in and out of the Caribbean. Famous Pirate Captains such as Bartholomew “Black Bart” Roberts and Henry Every/Avery were active in the slave trade, smuggling slaves they captured off the west coast of Africa for profit. This was a popular spot for Pirates, as they were a notable nuisance to the Dutch West India and English Royal Africa Companies. Other captains did however allow able-bodied slaves to sign on as pirates. It is suggested that during the Golden Age,the average makeup of pirate crews were comprised of around 10-15% Blacks. Most notable of these were the crews of Edward “Blackbeard” Teach/Thatch and Samuel “Black Sam” Bellamy, who’s
crews comprised of around 30 and 50% Blacks respectively. When capturing his flagship the Wydah Galley, Sam Bellamy is noted to have had around 25 liberated slaves sign on as pirates. While it is true that black pirates would have had much more freedom than they would otherwise, it has been argued the level of equality they experienced as pirates. It is most likely that while they would have been given some autonomy, Black pirates would have been give lower rank tasks and jobs, and may have even received smaller shares of plunder. However, this should again be considered on a Captain-by-Captain and Ship-byShip basis. One of the most famous of these black Pirates was Black Caesar (the ‘Black’ referring to his occupation as a pirate, not his race. See ‘Black Bart and ‘Black’ Sam), who would serve alongside the infamous Blackbeard as Quartermaster/First Lieutenant.
vessels of the Golden Age. Black Caesar signed on with Blackbeard, and was soon appointed the crew’s Quartermaster or First Lieutenant. Black Caesar would fight alongside Blackbeard from the time he joined until Blackbeard’s capture and death at Ocracoke inlet at the hands of Lt. Robert Maynard. Legend has it that prior to his last fight Blackbeard ordered his most loyal crew member to stay below the deck of the ship with orders to ignite the powder magazine should the fight not go well for the pirates. When Maynard’s crew seized Blackbeard’s vessel they found two prisoners fighting desperately with the pirate attempting to carry out his captain’s final order. This pirate was supposedly Black Caesar, who was captured with the rest of Blackbeard’s remaining crew and later hanged for crimes of piracy along with the rest of the crew.
The origins of Black Caesar are foggy at best, as is the case with most pirates, however most accounts he was an aggressive African war chief before being captured and pressed into bondage. On his way to the Florida, the Guineaman Black Caesar was being held on sailed into a storm and was wrecked, seeing only him and a handful of others survive. In the years to come, Black Caesar would lead his own pirate crew as they plundered the Florida coast and straits. In late 1717, Black Caesar encountered the notorious pirate captain Blackbeard, who was at the time sailing the equally notorious Queen Anne’s Revenge, one of the largest and well armed pirate
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Mark your Calendar, and get ready for the Event season to kick off for 2019. As the year goes on, we shall add more events and update any dates that may change.
2019
March
8th~10th -Grand Rapids Symphony; Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
• Fri: 8pm, Sat: 8pm, Sun: 3pm • DeVos Performance Hall, 303 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503
9th - Shiver Me Timbers
• Woodshire Place Banquet Facility • 6520 W Grand River Rd, Fowlerville, Michigan 48836
16th~17th - 44th Kalamazoo Living History Show
• 9am t0 4pm • Kalamazoo County Expo Center, 2900 Lake St, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49048
30th - Indiana Pirate Fest
• 10am-6pm / 8pm-Midnight • BK Club, 721 S West St, Mishawaka, IN 46544
April
13th - Frankenfeast (Feast)
• Kicks off at 2pm • Bavarian Inn Restaurant, 713 S. Main Street, Frankenmuth, MI 48734
27th - Chicago Rum Festival 2019
• 12:30 PM - 6:30 PM • Logan Square Auditorium, 2539 North Kedzie Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60647
April
14th~15th - South Haven Mermaid Megafest • The city of South Haven Michigan
June
7th~9th - Port Washington Pirate Festival • Fri 5pm-11pm, Sat 10am-11pm, Sun 10am-6pm • Rotary park, Port Washington, Wisconsin 53074
Avast me hearties! Be sure to attend the 4th Annual Indiana Pirate Festival, at the Historic BK Club in Mishawaka, IN. The event is filled with fun and educational things to see and do for the whole family! During the Day, the Indiana Pirate Festival has shows, vendors, and demonstrations! We also have a separately ticketed 21-and-over evening event. On Saturday evening there is Pirate’s Ball with live music and dancing!
Saturday Events: 10am to 6pm ~ Pirate Ball*: 8pm to Midnight Day Event Ticket Prices (Per person per day) Adult: Age 13 and up = $10 Military (w/ID) = FREE! Senior = $7 Child: Age 6 to 12 = $5 Age 5 and under = FREE ••• Ball = $10 Each (Over 21 Only)
Donations = Savings!
• Drop off canned food items for the Food Pantry when you buy your tickets at the gate and receive $1 off the Day Event ticket price for each can you bring*. • *Max $2 off per ticket. May not be combined with other offers. See gate for details. • Note: Discounts NOT available for evening event tickets.
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The term “brigantine” for centuries has referred to a sizable two-masted sailing vessel. Brigantines historically were sail and oar-powered, making them very maneuverable and favored as warships. Pirates operating in the Mediterranean favored brigantines for these reasons as well. From the 18th century on, “brigantine” referred to the rigging style popularized by the ships of the same name, having a fully square-rigged foremast and foreand-aft-rigged mainsails with square topsails. Brigantines were popular in British colonies, second in favor only to sloops. Keeping with their unsavory history, fast and maneuverable brigantines remained popular among pirates and used in espionage and surveying. Brigs were originally developed as a larger variant of a brigantine, the
former having two squarerigged masts as opposed to the latter’s one. Having two square sails was intended to give the brig greater sailing power, and require a smaller crew to handle the sails, than a brigantine did. Brigs were able to turn very tightly, and this maneuverability increased its popularity among British Royal sailors and pirates alike. Brigs varied quite a bit in size (75 to 165 feet long), and could carry 10 to 18 guns comfortably; they also had a decent sized cargo area, making them versatile sailing vessels for merchant, military, or private use. Brigs did have several important drawbacks. For one, the squarerigged sails made it very difficult to sail into the winds. Brigs were not ideal for trans-Atlantic trips because getting back home would have been near impossible. Secondly, brigs required large crews for being
typically small ships. Though once popular ships, brigs were eventually beat out by schooners (which didn’t need as large as crew) and steamships (which could sail into winds) in the 19th century. While the brig was rare in the Caribbean during the golden age of piracy, today some of the most iconic pirate ships on the silver screen are portrayed by
brigs. The H.M.S. Interceptor from the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie is one example. That ship is portrayed by a functioning ship, the Lady Washington. Some other brigs in movies and T.V. would be the Jolly Roger, Captain Hook’s ship from the book “Peter Pan” and television series Once
Upon A Time; as well as the H.M.S. Sophie from the film Master and Commander. Away from the big screen, brigs are also modeled and used in the popular Assassin’s Creed video game series. Both the Aquila from Assassin’s Creed 3 and the Jackdaw from Assassin’s Creed Black Flag were brigs.
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Shanties Upon the Silver Moon Don’t Forget Your Old Shipmate - traditional, made famous in Master and Commander
Safe and sound at home again Let the waters roar, Jack Safe and sound at home again Let the waters roar, Jack Long we’ve tossed on the rolling main Now we’re safe ashore, Jack Don’t forget your old shipmate Fal dee ral dee ral dee rye eye doe! Since we sailed from Plymouth Sound Four years gone, or nigh, Jack Was there ever chummies, now Such as you and I, Jack? We have worked the self-same gun: Quarterdeck division Sponger I and loader you Through the whole commission Oftentimes have we laid out toil nor danger fearing, Tugging out the flapping sail to the weather bearing When the middle watch was on And the time went slow, boy Who could choose a rousing stave Who like Jack or Joe, boy? There she swings, an empty hulk Not a soul below now Number seven starboard mess Misses Jack and Joe now But the best of friends must part Fair or foul the weather Hand yer flipper for a shake Now a drink together
Mermaid MegaFest 2019 is a festival of mermaids and pirates, dedicated to the preservation of our planet’s aquatic ecosystem through public awareness, community education, and social activism. This Year’s Festival will take place in the beautiful beach town of South Haven Michigan located on the coastline of Lake Michigan, the 14th and 15th of June 2019. We are happy to announce that we will be working with South Haven’s Harborfest this year!